Tie them together in a long chain and use a large vessel to tow them back to Chinese waters, with the warning that their next incursion will win them treatment as residents of the Ogasawara islands, in the same manner the islands were used in the Edo period -- as a penal colony.

Well letsbe@ Isn't that the whole point here? Whatever Obama and Abe discussed was carefully vetted by their handlers before served for public consumption. In Korean the finger-wagging was done at a televised press conference. I bet you a kilo of kimchi that no Korean will escape the impression that Obama has taken their country's side in this particular dispute.

Oh I see. Those persnikkity furriner hacks refuse to toe the Sankei's line, so that makes 'em all biased. Looks to me like Harakawa-san's rant is a classic case of 負け惜しみ (make-oshimi), i.e. "sour grapes."

Not the first time for Japan. Sadamichi Hirasawa was on death row (for allegedly poisoning 12 Teikoku Bank employees and their family members) from 1949 to 1986. The Justice Minister refused to sign off on the execution, and he died in a prison hospital of old age.

I'd say blinding oneself from the truth and constantly bumping into solid reality is far more painful. And I suppose many of the people you tarnish with the "liberal" brush might be a little more receptive to conservative viewpoints if the conservatives weren't lumped with people who think the earth is 6,000 years old, reject science and want to enforce a political agenda dictated by reactionary WASP oligarchs who speak with pronounced Dixie accents. No thanks!!!